Transatlantic Council 2017 Normandy Camporee CSP - MINT

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This council strip patch (CSP) was created for the people from the Transatlantic Council that traveled to the Normandy Camporee in 2017. On the council strip patch is the flags of the USA, England, Canada, and Normandy.TRANSATLANTIC COUNCILThe Transatlantic Council is one of two Boy Scouts of America councils serving American families abroad.We are based in Brussels and serve US families living in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.We serve 6,100 youth through 2,750 volunteers in 200 different scouting units.The Transatlantic Council hosts a camporee at the Normandy American Cemetery at Omaha Beach every 2 years in Colleville-sur-Mer in France. The last camporee was April, 2017.​The Scouts attending the Camporee promise to work together for a future of service and peace while remembering the sacrifices made by Allied armed forces who fought in World War II during the largest air, land and sea operation on D-Day June 6, 1944. The landing included more than 150,000 service men, 5,000 ships and 11,000 airplanes. The Armed forces suffered nearly 10,000 casualties with more than 4,000 dead.The Camporee was hosted by the Transatlantic Council of the Boy Scouts of America with youth and leaders from the Boy Scouts of America, Girls Scouts of the USA, Scout Association UK, Scouts et Guides de France and other Scouts attending read more